Tips for Recognizing Symptoms of Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B a la Siloam Hospitals Yogyakarta

Hepatitis B caused by the HBV virus (Hepatitis B Virus) infects the liver or liver. In general, symptoms of liver infection due to the HBV virus cause yellowing of the eyes and skin, abdominal pain, cloudy and itchy urine, and swelling or shrinking of the liver.

According to Krisma Kurnia, a senior doctor at Siloam Hospitals Yogyakarta, hepatitis B can cause two types of infection, namely acute and chronic infections. HBV infection in acute conditions can be interpreted as general symptoms occur within six months.

Handling in this acute condition can be done by immediately visiting the health service to get the right treatment.

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“The immune system can be helped with a hepatitis vaccine that provides antibodies or immunity to the virus” hepatitis B,” he said when he opened the health talk education via Live Instagram, Monday (04/10/2021).

However, if the patient feels complaints due to this infection continuously, it means the patient has reached the chronic stage. This means that the body’s immune system cannot fight infection.

Infections in the chronic stage can cause disease complications, namely liver cancer and cirrhosis (damage to the liver due to liver disease) and occur over a long period of time, between 10 to 15 years.

Hepatitis B disease can attack all ages from children to adults. Basically, the virus spreads through body fluids of patients or those who are infected, such as blood products (unsterilized syringes or unfiltered blood), unprotected sexual intercourse, and often from mother (patient) to baby during pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding. .

Actually, hepatitis B can be cured through special medical treatment and can be prevented by getting the Hepatitis B Vaccine given within a certain time.

“Hepatitis B vaccine is given 3 times during treatment. Vaccination is the best way to prevent exposure of the virus to other organs,” said Krisma Kurnia.

Vaccination hepatitis B has 98 to 100 percent effectiveness in preventing and helping the body’s immune system against this HBV virus. Moreover, during the current Covid-19 pandemic, people can get the complete hepatitis B vaccine after at least one month of receiving the full Covid-19 vaccine.

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